The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-07

Dy precisely Juc SUN PdlO 1OA oaSu
duties. Thus the amount of the duty |
measures the tax paid by those who
purchase for use these imported arti-
Giles. Many of these things, however,
are raised or manufactured in our oWn1
country, and the duties now LEVIED
upon foreign goods and products are
CALLED PROTECTION
to those home manufactures because
they render it impossible for those of
our people who are manufacturers to
make these taxed articles and sell
them for price equal to that de-
manded for imported goods that have
paid customs duty. So it happens that
while comparatively few use the i'm
ported articles, millions OF our people
VINO never use and never saw any of the
foreign products, purchase and use the
same kind u ade in this country, and
pay therefor nearly or quite the same
the Imported articles. Those who buy
imports pay the duty charged thereon
to the public treasury, but the great
majority of our citizens who buy
domestic articles of the same class pay
q sum at least approximately equal to
this duty to the home manufacturers.
This reference to the operation OF
our
TARIFF LAWS
is not made by way of instruction, but
in order that we may be constantly re-
minded of the manner il which they
impose burden upon those who con-
sumo domestic products as well as
those who consume imported articles,
and thus create tax upon all our peo-
pie, 1t is not proposed to entirely re-
Iieve the country of this taxation. 1t
must be extensively continued as the
source of the governments income;
and in readjustment of our tariff the
interests of American labor engaged in
manufacture should be carefully con-
sidered, as well as the preservation of
our manufactures. 1t may be called
protection, or by any other name, but
relief from the hardshlps and dangers
OF our present tariff laws should be
devised with especial precautlon
against importing the existence of
our
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
But this exist ence should not mean a
condition which without regard to the
public welfare or national eXigency
must always iaSure the realization OF
the immense profits instead of mode
rately profitable returns. As the VOL
Ume and diversity of our national &C
tivities increase, new recruits are
added TO those who desire continual
tion of the advantages which they
conceive the present system Of tariff
taxation directly affords them. SO
stuboornlv have all efforts to reform
the present condition been resisted by
those of our fellow citizens thus en-
gagged that they can hardly complain of
the suspicion entertained to certain
extent that there exists an organized
combination all along the line to main
tain their advantage. We are in tne
midst Of
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS
and with becoming pride we rejoice in
American skill and ingenuity, IN
American energy and enterprise and
the wonderful natural advantages and
resources developed by century's
national growth; yet, when an at
tempt is made to justify
scheme which permits a tax
to be laid on every consumer in the
land for the benefit of our manufac-
lures, quite beyond reasonable de-
mand for governmental regard, il
suits the purposes of manufactures
and infant Industries still needing the
highest and greatest degree of favor
and Gare that can be Wr1ng from
federal legislation. 1t is also said that
she increase in price of domestic man
ufactures resulting from the
PRESENT TARIFF
is necessary in order that higher wages
may be paid TO eur WorkiRgmen en-
pIoyed in manufactures than are paid
what is called pauper labor. Ia all
we acknowledge the force Of an argu-
ment which involves the welfare and
liberal compensation OF Our laborink
people. Cur labor is honorable in the
eyes of every American citizen and
lies at the foundation of our develop
ment. 1t isientitled, without affectation
or hypOcriSies, to the utmost. regard.
The standard of eur laborerS' life
should not be MARRIED by that of an
ether coUntry less favored, and they
are entitled to their full share Of our
advantages.
By the last census it is made to ap
pear that OF the Il 1872 go Of our popS-
fatiop engaged in all kids OF indus
tries, 1879, 49S are employed
IN AGRICULTURE,
4,o15, a6e ia professional and personal
service, 9, 459 $40 of whom are dOmeS-
tic servants and laborsrs, while 1,S10,-
80 are employed in trade and trans
portation, and 1887 liz are elaSsed as
employed as manufacturing and min
ing. For the present purposes, how
ever, the late number given should be
considerably reduced. WitheEs at
tempting to enumerate all, it will be
conceded that there should be de-
Quoted from those which it includes,
375, IA carpenters and joinsrs, $50. 40
milliherS, dressmakePs and seam
stresses, 172, 12e blachsmiths, 1873, 756
tailors and tailoresses, 1o7, 0es masons,
1924 butchers, Al $50 bakers, =, 1872
plasserers and 1891 manufacturing
agricultural implements, leaving 2,s7e,-
0S9 persons employed in manufaetur-
ing Industries as are claimed to be
benefited in
H5&H TARIFE.
To these shs appeal is ma de to save
their employment and maintain
their wages by refusing a
change. There sh9ald be 40
disposition to answer such sugges-
tons by the allegation that they are
in the minority among those who
labor and therefore should forege an
advantage in the interest ef low